[SOLVED] external hdd not found

[lambdda]

hello, I am sorry if you already solved this problem for bringing it up again, but I have problems with accessing an external hdd from kubuntu hardy - kubuntu just does not appear to see it. any ideas are welcome, thanks a lot to all of you!

[Jonathan183]

what do the following report when you have the external drive plugged in

mount
sudo fdisk -l

[lambdda]

ok, here goes:
mount results in:
/dev/sda1 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda2 on /media/sda2 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,default_permi ssions,blksize=4096)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)

sudo fdisk -l results in:
Disc /dev/sda: 30,7 GB, 30*738*677*760 bajtů
hlav: 255, sektorů na stopu: 63, cylindrů: 3*737
Jednotky = cylindry po*16065 * 512 = 8*225*280 bajtech
Identifikátor disku: 0xd5e1d5e1

device begin end blocks Id system
/dev/sda1 * 1 2295 18434556 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 2296 3736 11574832+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 3737 3737 8032+ 82 Linux swap/Solaris

thanks a lot.

[Jonathan183]

Single drive only listed for fdisk output (with three partitions). How is the external connected to the system?

[lambdda]

the external hdd is connected via usual USB. this one should work properly, because there are no problems while connecting a camera ...

[Jonathan183]

is the device listed when you run

lsusb -v

[lambdda]

well ... it is strange, it really IS listed there ... so I do not understand why dolphin cannot see it too?

[Jonathan183]

For a drive I would have expected fdisk to list it ... what does lsusb -v list for the device?

[lambdda]

lsusb -v

Bus 005 Device 005: ID 1058:0702 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x1058 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
idProduct 0x0702
bcdDevice 1.04
iManufacturer 1 Western Digital
iProduct 2 External HDD
iSerial 3 575845583037363835323634
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 2mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0001
Self Powered

thanks a lot!

[Jonathan183]

What about the output of dmesg ?

Ed: Also see what blkid lists ...